Category Archives: Books and Magazines

This week speculative fiction author Anne McCaffrey died at the age of 85. Best known for her series Dragon Riders of Pern and her story The Ship Who Sang, she was an amazing author who could build incredible worlds populated with deep, … Continue reading →

This week news came of Marvel Comics announcing a half Hispanic, half African- American teen boy named Miles Morales will be the titular star of Ultimate Spider-Man. In case you don’t know, Marvel comics has two main Spider-Man comic lines, with Peter Parker … Continue reading →

Great characters are a joy to both read and write, and I really work hard to make mine the best possible. I’m constantly on the lookout for insights into people and have recently learned a lot from the ebook Four … Continue reading →

io9 has a good post highlighting some of the more memorable character descriptions in speculative fiction, including one of my favorite books, Ender’s Game. Here’s a snippet from the article about EG: “Ender did not see Peter as the beautiful … Continue reading →

In step with the release of the final Harry Potter movie, The Wall Street Journal has published a good article by Sarah Pulliam Bailey at about how Christians, for the most part, have “warmed-up” to the fantasy series of books and movies. To quickly summarize, … Continue reading →

For the past few weeks I have been sharing occasionally what I’ve learned from personal research and the ebook Four Secrets to Liking Your Work, part of the Career Survival Kit Collection, specifically, how it helps me develop my characters. Today’s post … Continue reading →

Great news! Forgotten, the short story I released in installments on my blog last fall, has been published in the online magazine, The Cross and the Cosmos. This free, downloadable magazine aims to provide the best speculative fiction from a … Continue reading →

As an author, I’m asked by both readers and other authors on how I develop my characters. I think all writers draw from their own personal experiences and from people they know to create those in their stories. I once … Continue reading →

As an author, I spend more time developing believable, relate-able, and memorable characters than anything else. I’ve found that if I invest a lot of time up-front in designing and learning who my characters are, it takes a lot of … Continue reading →